Portable balcony.



No. 791,786. j v

P. 0. HOTOHKIVS.

PORTABLE BALCONY.

' APPLICATION FILED SBPT.24, 1904. fl

' PATENTED JUNE 6, 1905.

UNITED STATES Patented June 6,1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

PORTABLE BALCONY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 791,786, dated June 6, 1905. Application filed September 24, 1904. Serial No. 225,742.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLORA O. HOTGHKIS, a citizen of the United States, residing in Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented an Improvement in Portable Balconies, of which the following -is a specification.

My invention relates to portable balconies; and the object thereof is the provision of a balcony adapted to be readily placed in posi tion in any window without being secured to the building and which may also be readily removed and folded up.

In carrying out my invention I employ bars provided at one end with hooks and at the ally connected to said horizontal bars and having their free ends adapted to engage the pins of said chains, a cross-bar adapted to be engaged bythe hook ends of said horizontal bars, a connecting-bar passing through the eyes in the headsof the said horizontal bars,

posts pivotally connected in the heads of said.

horizontal bars and provided at their free ends with heads alsohaving eyes therein, a guard-rail passing through the eyes in the heads of said posts, side rails .pivotally connected in the heads of said posts and having their free ends outturned to engage the inner side of the Window-casing, a bar for supporting said side rails, and a platform supported by the horizontal bars.

In the drawings, Figure 1 .is a front eleva tion of my improved portable balcony. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, and Fig. 3 is a crosssection taken on line 00 w of Fig. 1.

a represents a bar, preferably made of steel and provided at one end with a hook portion 2 and at the other with a head 3, having an eye therein. A square-linked chain 6 is pivotally connected to the bar coat 4, and a bracket 0 is pivotally connected at one end to the lug c, integral with the bar a, and is provided at its other end with a notch or recess to engage the pins of the chain 6. A post 01 is pivotally connected at one end in the head 3 of bar a,

as indicated at 5, and the other end of the post d is provided with a head 6, also having an eye therein. A side rail 6, preferably made with a rule-joint 7, is pivotally connected at one end to the head 6 of the post 03, as indicated at 8, and at the other end is provided with an outturned portion 9.

f is a support-bar pivotally connected at one end to the bar a, as shown at 10, and having its opposite end notched to engage the shank of a clamp-screw 11, by means of which the support-bar is maintained in position when in use.

The parts hereinbefore described are ennployed in pairs or sets of two. I also employ a cross-bar g, adapted to be engaged by the 5' book ends of the bars a a and to, extend between and beyond the same to engage the inner side of the windowcasing; a connecting-bar it, passing through the eyes in the heads 3 3 of the bars a a; set-screws 12 for securing the connecting-bar in position in said The cross-bar g, connecting-bark, and the 30 guard-rail it may be conveniently made of gaspipe and the side rails e of angle-irons, and the cross-bar g, connecting-bar k, and guard-rail h are made considerably longer than the width of any window in which the balcony may be 5 employed.

In adjusting the balcony to any window the bars a; a are placed on the window-sill, with the cross-bar g in position. The ends of the of the chains 1) necessary to place the bars a a in a horizontal position and to maintain them in such position with the ends of the brackets 0 against the side of the building. The supbrackets c are made to engage with those pins 9 port-bars are then clamped in place, in which position the outturned ends 9 of the side rails e bear against the inner side of the windowcasing, and when the platform is set in place and the set-screws tightened the balcony is ready for use.

As the parts are readily adjustable, it will be apparent that the balcony may be quickly ad usted to fit any window in which the same is to be employed and also that when not in outer ends of said horizontal bars, a guardrail passing through the upper ends of said posts, side rails pivotally connected to said posts and adapted at their free ends to engage the inner side of the window-casing, and a platform supported by said horizontal bars.

2. Abalcony for windows, comprising horizontal bar's, brackets pivoted to said horizontal bars, means connected to said horizontal bars and adapted to be engaged by the free ends of said brackets, a cross-bar, means at the inner ends of said horizontal bars for engaging said cross-bar, a connecting-bar extending between and passingthrough the outer ends of said horizontal bars, set-screws for securing said connecting-bar in position, posts pivotally connected to the outer ends of said horizontal bars, a guard-rail extending between and passing through the upper ends of said posts, set-screws for securing said guardrail in position, side rails pivotally connected to said posts and adapted at their inner ends to engage the inner side of the window-casing support-bars for said side rails and a platform supported by said horizontal bars.

3. A balcony for windows, comprisinghorizontal bars, chains pivotally connected to said horizontal bars and brackets pivotally connected to said horizontal bars and adapted at their free ends to engage the cross-bars of said chains, a cross-bar, means at the inner ends of said horizontal bars for engaging said crossbar, a connecting-bar extending between and passing through the outer ends of said horizontal bars, set-screws for securing said connecting-bar in position, posts pivotally connected to the outer ends of said horizontal bars, a guard-rail extending between and passing through the upper end of said posts, setscrews for securing said guard-rail in position, side rails pivotally connected to said posts and adapted at their inner ends to engage the inner side of the window-casing, support-bars for said side rails and a platform supported by said horizontal bars.

4:. A balcony for windows, comprising horizontal bars, chains pivotally connected to said horizontal bars, brackets pivotally connected to said horizontal bars and adapted at their free ends to engage the cross-pins of said chains, hooks at the inner ends of said horizontal bars, a cross-bar adapted to be engaged by said books, a connecting-bar extending between and passing through the outer ends of said horizontal bars, set-screws for securing the said connecting-bar in position, posts pivotally connected to the outer ends of said horizontal bars, a guard-rail extending between and passing through the upper ends of said posts, set-screws for securing the said guardrail in position, side rails pivotally connected at one end to said posts and adapted at their free ends to engage the inner side of the window-casing, support-bars pivotally connected at one end to the horizontal bars, clamp-screws for securing the support-bars in position against the side rails and a platform supported by said horizontal bars.

Signed by me this 12th day of September, 1904.

FLORA C. HOTCHKIS. Witnesses:

JASPER N. PRESTON, IRA H. SEEI-IORN. 

